FishSwimmer saidUgh, and of course there's gotta be a dumb comment like that from that Penny woman.

And the answer to Penny is that, yes, opposite sexed persons should be able to shower next to each other AND ACT LIKE ADULTS. The whole point, really, is that nudity and sex aren't automatically associated. Mature people understand this.

It's all contextual, and Americans always give nudity a sexual context. I don't think Europeans are this way, so much.

We each have different levels of comfort, and that should be respected. But you can't globalize your personal level of comfort/discomfort. The same principle applies to basing public policy (i.e. law) on personal belief systems. You can't do that in a Republic like ours, but it's been the history of this country from the start. We are clawing our way toward maturity, though.

I have seen majority of my good friends naked. I met majority of them while studying abroad in Japan and we bathed together in hot springs. Initially we were shy but then it began to never cross any of our minds again that we were naked.

Athletes need to realize that just because someone is attracted to the same gender does not automatically pool you into being their type. When I came out one of my friends really thought I was going to try to pick him up despite him not even being close to my type(obviously that friendship didn't last long after).

Seriously guys, why some people make it a big deal: as long as no one hitting on you while you're showering, everything is fine, right I don't even care if a creepy old guy is staring at my bulge while I'm changing in the gym or someone is trying to check me out while I'm showering... Besides, I am not an exhibitionist!